Plants "talk" to plants

An interestsing (short) read for any gardening enthusiast! I hope its not a repost
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130507060855.htm

Good thread. Interesting science. I know from exp that plants under stress can emit chemicals that certain predatory insects can pick up. But I didnt know plants can talk to each other.

If you have never seen it I highly recommend "The Secret Life of Plants". It's an older documentary but it is amazing. Here is a taste, and here is the whole thing. Enjoy!

there's a newish doc that addresses plant communications as well, it's a "nature of things" (david suzuki) episode called "smarty plants"..... such fascinating stuff.

unfortunately this link is available to watch in canada only (sorry danny) but it's the only place i've found it in full so far: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/The+Nature+of+Things/ID/2214084211/?page=2

Pffft y'all didn't know? Even mythbusters knew the ways of the plant years ago lol

qwizoking said:

Pffft y'all didn't know? Even mythbusters knew the ways of the plant years ago lol

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lol, "The secret life of plants" was around before mythbusters. If you don't watch the whole thing at least watch that clip.

I was just kiddin....I'm normally the only one that gets my humor. Always like a new read or documentary.....though I will say I had already read that as I read science daily often...

qwizoking said:

I was just kiddin....I'm normally the only one that gets my humor. Always like a new read or documentary.....though I will say I had already read that as I read science daily often...

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I love science daily! I've also started reading a lot of Michael Pollan lately, which I highly recommend.